Neckwear.



W. A. KEYS.

NECKWEAR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 21, 190B.

Patented June 2, 1914-.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE:

WTLLIAM A KEYS, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNon. To 4SLIP soAEF COMPANY, A

CORPORATION oF NEW YORK.

NECKWEAR,

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. KEYS, a citizenV of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York,

yhave invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Neckwear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to neck-ties, and is adapted for any form 0f neckwear, either four-in-hand ties, ascots, orwhat are commonly known as string ties, but it is especially adapted for neckwear to be worn with what are known as two-fold collars, which are in vogue at the present time.

As is well known, after an ordinary tie is placed around the neck-band of a twofold collar between the folds, and -the collar then adjusted on the neck of the wearer, it is only with extreme difficulty that the tie can be moved back or forth, the result being that it is almost impossible to properly adjust the tie on the neck of the wearer after the knot has been tied, and it is the o-vercoming of this difficulty to which my invention is addressed.

I have found that by inserting in the neckband of the tie, in place of the material of the tie itself, a piece of silk, or satin, or someA other smooth andthin material, it is possible to make a neck-tie which will move back and forth onv two-fold collars very readily, and which will permit the adjustment of the knotafter the tie has been tied, without an difliculty In the di'awing forming part hereof, I lhave shown my lnvention as applied to a four-in-hand tie.

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Figure 1 represents a plan view of a necktie showing my invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional View thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, a plan view and a sectional View of a necktie 1n which independent interlinings for the tying ends are shown. Fig. 5 is a modification ofthe tie shown in Figs. 1

In the drawing A A are the tying ends of the neck-tie.

B is a strip of suitable material like silk or satin, or other relatively anti-friction material, inserted in the neck-band at a point adjacent to the rear of the collar.

E, Fig. 2, is the interlining which extends lthroughout the tying ends and the neckband of the tie.

In. Figs. 1 and 2 the inserted strip of relatively anti-friction material is secured to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1908. Serial No. 449,6()6.

' the interlining Patented J 'une 2, 1914.

REissUEp the tying ends of the tie by rows of stit ing It will be noted in the cross-section 1n Fig. 2 that the tying ends of the t-ie are relatively thicker than the central part of the neck-band or part adjacent to the rear of thecollar, If desired, this central part or bridge piece can bemade thinner, as shown 1n Fig. 5, by having the interlini-ng E substantially thinner at the rear of the c ollarthan it is in the tying ends. If desired, 1t may be made even thinner by omitting entirely the interlining at the rear of the collar, as shown in Figs. 3 and ll, Where, as can be readily seen, the neck-band at the hrear of the collar is only about one-third the thickness of the tying ends of the tie. In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the strip of relatively anti-friction material inserted on a bias as at. F, this being advisable where the neck-tie is cut on a bias.

In the drawing l) is a row of stitching which, as shown wise of the inserted portion B of the neckband and parallel to the edge of same, and into the portions of the neck-band adjacent to the two ends of the inserted portion B. I have found that rows of stitching runnin lengthwise of the inserted portion B an extending into the two adjacent ends of the neck-band, strengthen the tie and have a tendency to prevent the sam-e from stretching, particularly where neck-ties are cut on the bias, these rows of stitching I prefer to have meet,'as shown in Fig. 1, forming a p oint at each end of an intermediate portlon of the tie, and in this way it penetrates whether the tie has independent interlinings in the tying ends, or

as an interlining thinner in the neckband than in the tying ends, and the interlinings are thereby held in position.

Such modifications and changes as would readily suggest themselves to any one'skilled in the art, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a necktie, the combination of a neckband and two tying ends, a4 portion of said neckband being made of a separate piece of relatively antifriction material and rows of stitching extending lengthwise of the said portion and into the two adjacent parts of the neckband.

2. In a ,necktie, the combination of a neckband and two tying ends, formed of the in -F ig. 3, extends lengthcovering fabric and an interlining, an intermediate portion of the tie being made of a separate piece of material, and stitches extending lengthwise along the edges of said intermediate portion andv across the tiein a direction oblique to the edges thereof thereby engaging with the interlining to hold the same in'position.

3. In a necktie formed of a neckband and two tying ends composed of a two-ply cover fabric and an interlining, an intermediate portion of said cover fabric being made of aV separate piece of rela-tively anti-friction material, rows of stitches passing through the plies of the neckband and said separa-te piece of material and extending substantially along the edges of said intermediate portion, the said rows of lstitches at the end of said intermediate portion passing in a direction oblique to the edges of said intermediate portion and meeting in a point `ply cover mageos intermediate the edges of the neckband, the said stitching engaging with and holding the interlining in position.

4. In a necktie having a neckband and two ntying ends, an interlining thinner in the neckband than in the tying ends, a twofabric, rows of stitching extending lengthwise of the necktie near the edges of an intermediate portion thereof, said rows of stitching passing at the end of said intermediate portion in a direction oblique to the edges of said intermediate portion and engaging with the said interlining lto hold same in position.

'In testimony whereor, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. KEYS. Witnesses: l

ANNA M. MEYER,

GEO. W. MILLS, Jr. 

